Reimagining Assessment: Equity, Choice & Technology

This workshop will demonstrate how multiple assessment formats - including written, oral, digital, and project-based tasks - can provide students with varied opportunities to demonstrate their learning. It will also outline the benefits of choice-based and scaffolded assessments in promoting student agency while maintaining curriculum alignment.

Scaled tasks and structured supports will be presented as effective strategies for meeting diverse levels of proficiency, particularly for language learners and students with additional needs.

Attendees will be provided with tools to:

• Develop flexible assessment options that reduce barriers to success.
• Apply scaffolding and differentiation to ensure equitable access for all learners.
• Adapt inclusive assessment models to their own teaching context.

Drawing on action research undertaken in 2024-2025, the workshop will share key reflections on inclusive assessment practices. Participants will gain insights into how students responded to different assessment formats, which strategies proved most effective, and which areas required refinement.

Attendees will receive a clear framework and a set of adaptable strategies to implement inclusive assessment practices that strengthen engagement, accessibility, and achievement in language education.